Disney researchers have developed software to transform virtual animated characters into physical, mechanical creatures without the need for highly specialised engineering skills. There are two ...

Mechanized characters, such as clockwork automatons that move using a series of gears, go back hundreds of years. Now the most difficult aspect of their mechanical design, which took specialized ...

The Disney theme park “imagineers” have designed a new video surveillance software capable of tracking faces around the park. The software relies on a ‘deep spatial pyramid’ method for person ...